I ump a men's summer softball league, and I can definitely say I've lost more friends than I've made. When in doubt, scream at the umpire. I've been spit on and had a ball thrown at me. They've banned alcohol from the dugout, which has helped stall the violence...But there really is no worse feeling than knowing you've blown a call and can't do anything about it.

I'll never do anything like spit or throw a ball, but I definitely let umpires know if they've blown the call. Kid missed 1st base by 3 feet running on a bases clearing triple in the 7th inning of a tie game and the ump missed it. Ridiculous.

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No Jughead. It goes back to the game last night where Pelfrey was cruising and took him out. If he let Pelfrey pitch last night like he should have then it would have been different. K-Rod was already overworked coming into the game tonight and then he still put him in for a 4 out save. Then he uses Valdes even after though we have Mejia on the team who apparently is just here to touch the ball in blowouts.

No Jughead. It goes back to the game last night where Pelfrey was cruising and took him out. If he let Pelfrey pitch last night like he should have then it would have been different. K-Rod was already overworked coming into the game tonight and then he still put him in for a 4 out save. Then he uses Valdes even after though we have Mejia on the team who apparently is just here to touch the ball in blowouts.

The same K-Rod who got in a shouting match/fight with the bullpen coach last time he didn't get used in a save situation. 3/4 of their job is managing personalities. You think K-Rod would have been a happy camper not being used last night? How exactly was he overworked anyway?

The same K-Rod who got in a shouting match/fight with the bullpen coach last time he didn't get used in a save situation. 3/4 of their job is managing personalities. You think K-Rod would have been a happy camper not being used last night? How exactly was he overworked anyway?

Who gives a sh*t. He would have had to deal with it. The thing with Niemann was overblown anyway. He threw like 30 pitches last night which is when Jerry gives him the day off.

So where exactly do you think Jerry should go with a one run lead with the way your bullpen is currently configured? If you are going to pay K-Rod that money, you're going to use him.

Don't give him the 4 out save. Let him throw just the 1 if you really want to use him. Then to let him throw another 46 pitches tonight is asinine. 76 pitches in about 24 hours for a closer. Asking for trouble and injury.